About the Role:
Confidential (Registered Users Only) is seeking a Vice President, Associate General Counsel, attorney to lead our Content Legal team. This role provides legal advice, risk assessment and partnership management to the Content Acquisitions and the Original Content business teams, and leads a team of seven additional attorneys.
You'll work cross-functionally with other Confidential (Registered Users Only) business teams, including Marketing, Sales, Product and Finance, as well as with Fox business and legal teams (e.g., Music and Tax). You'll also partner closely with fellow Confidential (Registered Users Only) Legal subject matter experts on content-related issues including data privacy, digital rights management, IP and sponsorships.
The Confidential (Registered Users Only) Legal team is organized into seven vertical subject areas. We're fast-paced, nimble, and work collaboratively on challenging issues while striving to be excellent partners to our fellow Confidential (Registered Users Only)es.
This position reports to our Executive Vice President and General Counsel, and may be located in our San Francisco, Los Angeles or New York offices, or remotely from any US-based location.
What You'll Do:
- Serve as a functional role model for leadership for the Content Legal team, Confidential (Registered Users Only) Legal and across Confidential (Registered Users Only).
- Develop a keen understanding of Confidential (Registered Users Only)’s business, with a deep understanding of the evolving streaming and ad technology landscapes. Collaborate with business stakeholders, legal colleagues and the Confidential (Registered Users Only) GC to develop Confidential (Registered Users Only)’s positions on legal issues and risk tolerance. Serve as a resource for business stakeholders across Confidential (Registered Users Only)’s teams by providing thoughtful analysis and effective communication of complex legal issues, regulations and laws, to provide business-forward advice in furtherance of company goals and OKRs.
- Actively participate in developing and implementing process-related tasks to help the Content Legal team develop efficiencies and suggest areas for development across all Confidential (Registered Users Only) Legal verticals. Work with other Confidential (Registered Users Only) Legal managers to develop training for the entire Legal team.
- Work to establish best practices and identify practical solutions for your team to bring content negotiations and original content production to a close as frictionlessly as possible. Review and update templates, and structure, draft, review and negotiate a variety of content-related agreements, such as content licensing, content distribution, production services, co-productions for original scripted and unscripted content, development and talent agreements, among others.
- Keep internal stakeholders and third-party representatives adequately and timely apprised of the status of negotiations. Exercise thoughtful judgement to escalate issues to the GC as appropriate.
Your Background:
- 15+ years’ legal experience between an established law firm and an entertainment, media, advertising and/or technology company
- 5+ years’ experience managing, coaching and developing a team of high-performing attorneys
- Experience negotiating and drafting content acquisition and content distribution agreements
- Experience structuring, drafting, and negotiating agreements involving the development and production of original, licensed and co-produced scripted and unscripted content including movies and series
- Experience functioning in a a combined business and legal affairs role, and equally proficient and comfortable negotiating business points and drafting agreements
- Understanding of digital rights management issues
- Familiarity with union (SAG-AFTRA, WGA, DGA, IATSE) and non-union issues, labor and employment law issues, music clearances, intellectual property law, risk management, and rights of publicity and privacy
- Excellent negotiating and drafting skills and demonstrated ability to balance necessary legal protections with practical business needs, managing multiple, complex legal transactions simultaneously
- Ability to work well independently and as part of a team in a fast-paced, dynamic and creative environment
- Strong executive presence and an energetic team leader who coaches and supports a team effectively
- Excellent communication skills, oral and written, and the ability to convey complex legal concepts clearly and effectively to non-legal colleagues and stakeholders
- Detail-oriented and able to manage a high-volume workload efficiently and smoothly
- JD received from an ABA-accredited U.S. law school
- Admission to the state bar in at least one U.S. state
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Pursuant to state and local pay disclosure requirements, the pay range for this role, with final offer amount dependent on education, skills, experience, and location is listed annually below. This role is also eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, long-term incentive plan, and various benefits including medical/dental/vision, insurance, a 401(k) plan, paid time off and other benefits in accordance with applicable plan documents.
High cost labor markets such as but not limited to Los Angeles, New York City, and San Francisco$252,300—$350,000 USDConfidential (Registered Users Only) is a division of Fox Corporation, and the FOX Employee Benefits summarized here, covers the majority of all US employee benefits. The following distinctions below outline the differences between the Confidential (Registered Users Only) and FOX benefits:
- For US-based non-exempt Confidential (Registered Users Only) employees, the FOX Employee Benefits summary accurately captures the Vacation and Sick Time.
- For all salaried/exempt employees, in lieu of the FOX Vacation policy, Confidential (Registered Users Only) offers a Flexible Time off Policy to manage all personal matters.
- For all full-time, regular employees, in lieu of FOX Paid Parental Leave, Confidential (Registered Users Only) offers a generous Parental Leave Program, which allows parents twelve (12) weeks of paid bonding leave within the first year of birth, adoption, surrogacy, or foster placement of a child in addition to applicable government leave program(s) and FOX’s short-term disability policy. This time is 100% paid through a combination of any applicable state, city, and federal leaves and wage-replacement programs in addition to contributions made by Confidential (Registered Users Only).
- For all full-time, regular employees, Confidential (Registered Users Only) offers a monthly wellness reimbursement.
About Confidential (Registered Users Only):
Boldly built for every fandom, Confidential (Registered Users Only) is a free streaming service that entertains over 100 million monthly active users. Confidential (Registered Users Only) offers the world's largest collection of Hollywood movies and TV shows, thousands of creator-led stories and hundreds of Confidential (Registered Users Only) Originals made for the most passionate fans. Headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2014, Confidential (Registered Users Only) is part of Confidential (Registered Users Only) Media Group, a division of Fox Corporation.
We are an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, gender identity, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. We will consider for employment qualified applicants with criminal histories consistent with applicable law.